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Claire Messud Educates Interviewer on Literature, HBO to Adapt Olive Kitteridge, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
GalleyCat reveals how many sold books land authors on the self-published bestseller list; HBO intends to adapt Elizabeth Strout's bestselling novel Olive Kitteridge; Luci Tapahonso has been named the Navajo nation's first poet laureate; and other news.
Digital Digest: Algorithms for What to Read Next
by Adrian Versteegh
May/June 2013
As online book reviews and user-sourced suggestion models have become increasingly important to the bookselling industry, publishers are developing new digital platforms for reviews and recommendations.
Kurt Vonnegut's Writers' Workshop Assignment, Ten Favorite Books of 2012, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
The BBC will create a six-episode series based on Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell; Emma Komlos-Hrobsky writes of attending a Sylvia Plath symposium in Bloomington, Indiana; New York magazine's Kathryn Schulz lists her ten favorite books of 2012; and other news.
Goodbye to Algonquin's Oak Room, E. B. White Answers the ASPCA, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Melville House wonders when publishers will speak out about Amazon; New York City's Algonquin Hotel announced that when it reopens this spring after a renovation, the famed Oak Room will be gone; E. B. White answers a charge levied by the ASPCA; and more
Back From the Dead: The State of Book Reviewing
by Jane Ciabattari
September/October 2011
Despite the recent collapse of book review sections in newspapers and magazines, the form is still thriving across a variety of venues, from web-savvy publications to local papers.
Prominent Newspapers Change Book Coverage
by Adrian Versteegh
Two of the country’s most prominent newspapers announced significant changes to their book coverage last week. The Chicago Tribune not only reformatted its Saturday books page but officially launched Printers Row, a literary blog featuring expanded content and contributions from readers. The San Francisco Chronicle, meanwhile, scrapped its usual best-seller list on Sunday in favor of lists provided by the Northern California Independent Bookseller Association.
HuffPo to Launch Books Section
by Adrian Versteegh
On October 5, the Huffington Post will unveil a new books section and kick off an Oprah-style book club, the New York Observer reported yesterday. According to Arianna Huffington, the site will feature essays and articles culled from the New York Review of Books alongside material contributed by HuffPo readers, a mixture designed to highlight “the best of the old and the best of the new.”
Q&A: Jane Ciabattari’s Critical Diagnosis
by Kevin Larimer
July/August 2008
Jane Ciabattari, president of the National Books Critic Circle, discusses the art of book reviewing and her recommendations for summer reading.
Q&A: Teresa Weaver's View of Reviews
by Timothy Schaffert
September/October 2007
The former Atlanta Journal-Constitution books editor discusses the public response to the elimination of her job and the future of book reviewing.
The "Ethics in Book Reviewing" Panel: Postcard From New York City, Part 2
by Jen A. Miller
Oh that mine enemy were to write a book. It's a line, paraphrased from the Book of Job, that was uttered last Friday morning at BookExpo America by Christopher Hitchens—author of the recently published book God Is Not Great—as the motto from his earlier book reviewing days. It was an odd sentiment to be heard at a panel called "Ethics in Book Reviewing: The More Things Change…?" but it certainly made the crowd, which was packed in and spilling out of the conference room, laugh out loud. And it set the tone for the rest of the panelists' comments.